Post by reideen1313 on Jan 11, 2005 20:53:45 GMT -5
You might want to check out these books. Rumors, rumors....Also, check JLA Classified for a peek at one of the bad guys from Seven Soldiers.
Morrison defines it as the first "Mega-series." It's 30 issues. Seven seperate 4 issue mini-series with two extra-sized bookends.
Morrison: "The idea for this kind of huge ensemble, Robert Altman approach came first, as a development of the kind of long-range connected narratives I'd been experimenting with on The Invisibles and New X-Men in particular. Once I had the seven minis worked out, it occurred to me that DC owned the name Seven Soldiers of Victory and that Seven Soldiers would make a perfect overall title for this project, so that's how it emerged."
Release Dates
Seven Soldiers #0 - Feb. 23
Shining Knight #1 - March 9
Guardian #1 - March 23
Zatanna #1 - April
Klarion #1 - April
Mr. Miracle #1 - Sept.
Frankenstein #1 - Nov.
Bulleteer #1 - Nov.
A little info on the premise:
A devastating global threat is on its way -- one never imagined nor prepared for. It consumes entire civilizations and leaves behind only ruins. It razed Camelot and bombed the Rama kingdoms back to dirt. It strip-mines and enslaves whole cultures. Its hunger is unstoppable; its origins, unspeakable. Now this devouring empire of cruelty-without-limits has set its sights on the treasures of the 21st century.
Like a plague of locusts, the terrifying Sheeda are returning to harvest the Earth. All that stands between our world and these destroyers are the mysterious "Seven Soldiers" of legend. Seven men and women with extraordinary abilities and big problems must lay their lives on the line for the future of humankind. Seven reluctant champions must arise and somehow work together to save the world...without ever meeting one another. How? Where? Who? There¹s only one way to find out.
In an ambitious new storytelling venture, writer Grant Morrison and a group of top artists combine their talents to redefine the super-hero concept for a new century. Entertainers, losers, victims, exiles, wannabes...the stars of Seven Soldiers are a long way from anyone's ideal of a traditional costumed hero. But they just may be our only chance of survival.
Who lives? Who dies? Who washes the dishes? Who betrays humankind to its once and future Enemy? Get the answers to these questions and many more in seven hard-hitting, fresh and wildly imaginative miniseries featuring Klarion, Mister Miracle, Frankenstein, Zatanna, The Guardian, Bulleteer and Shining Knight.
The Seven Soldiers saga comprises seven 4-issue miniseries and two bookend Specials -- all which may be read independently but combine to tell a colossal 30-part tale of death, betrayal, failure, joy, loss, romance, triumph and redemption. As a new generation of super-heroes grapples with a harsher, weirder world, Morrison combines dazzling super-hero action and serial fiction with horror, mystery, epic fantasy and gothic pulp to carve out a new corner in the DCU.
With a gigantic, interweaving cast of characters-many drawn from DC's incomparable history and reimagined by Morrison and his collaborators-Including vampire knights, crippled ex-super-heroes, subway pirates, puritan death machines, liquid nitrogen-blooded assassins, deathless Mafia dons, wounded gods, angry fiancées and talking winged horses, the universe of the Seven Soldiers is rich in wonder, drama and hardcore action.
This mega-series begins with a 38-page complete adventure, Seven Soldiers #0, that introduces readers to their twilight world and establishes plotlines that will reverberate throughout the entire megaseries.
Seven Soldiers: A mystery spanning generations and millennia. A story unlike any other. Welcome to a whole new world in the DC Universe.
Characters
Morrison: "In most cases my intention was to recreate the characters as more viable commercial properties, so I think dc is happy to let me overhaul these old trademarks if I can get make them run properly again and get some fresh mileage out of them. It was a lot easier to update the costumes, motivations, powers and settings of neglected characters than it would be to do the same kind of radical work in a Batman or Superman book, so I’m pleased with how it's worked out. These are very different kinds of superheroes and each book is a genre all its own. They’re all very strong and they all deal with super powers in a way that's never been explored previously.
"Having said that, where possible I’ve made sure I’ve been faithful to current DCU continuity; my version of the golden age Spider character, for instance, follows directly on from Geoff Johns’ recent reintroduction of the character. Otherwise, as in the case of Witch Boy, I’ve started from scratch and can only apologize to Peter David, who at least tried to keep this particular property in continuity. I’ve thrown all previous versions out to create the poster boy for the Puritan Goth weird horror genre. Klarion as Marilyn Manson."
Frankenstein
"Based loosely on DC's Spawn of Frankenstein series, this is a brutal revenge comic. It takes us all over the world and even to the gold mines of Mars in search of violent horror and ghastlyretribution. Maggot Men, flesh-eating Martian horses, toxic glass giants and more! Able to repair his body with pieces of other dead men, he has the right arm of a black slave and his left hand once belonged to the angel Michael."
Based on Morrison's desription and drawing (green head with protruding brow) many people assumed he's a martian. That's not true.
Shining Knight
"17-year-old Sir Justin is one of the last Knights of the Broken Table. Led by an aging Lancelot, the last remnants of the Round Table fight a race of unstopable monsters. These creatures, the Sheeda, are the main villains of Seven Soldiers. J.H. Williams-who draws the Seven Soldiers #0 bookend-came up withthis drawing of Justin, which crosses ancient armor with modern street wear to great effect."
Klarion the Witch Boy
From Wizard - "I wanted to get away from the 'Eddie Munster' look, so I went back to [Jack] Kirby's original Puritan look with some new influences - the leather armor is inspired by paintings of Oliver Promwell, the 17th century Puritan reformer and the Marilyn Manson's stage wear - and tried to create the poster boy for Nu-Puritan Goth!"
Mister Miracle
"Shiloh Norman can't remember much of his past in the company of a religious nut named Scott Free and a circus freak called Oberon, but now he's inherited the mantle of the World's Greatest Escape Artist - a cross between David Blaine and P.Diddy. Super rich, beloved and burned out at 28, Mister Miracle is looking for some meaning in his life."
Bulleteer
"Obsessed with becoming a superhero and preserving his beautiful wife's youth, Prof. Lance Harrower invents Smartskin - a steal-hard living fiber which boncs with skin collagen. When his experiments go awry, Harrower is suffocated under a coating of steel skin. His wife Alix survives the horrific accident only to find herself an outcast and a freak. Now, encased in super-hard, living metal, she is a truly reluctant superhero."
Zatanna
"I updated Zatanna's look to include a goth fetish influence, with high boots and PVC tunic. Off duty, she wears tight leather pants and high-heeled boots. In Seven Soldiers, Zatanna takes on an apprentice and sets out on a road trip across America in search of her father's four books and her own lost confidence."
Guardian
"The new Guardian is Jake Jordan, a disillusioned ex-cop. After accidentally killing an innocent child during a raid, Jakes world fall apart. Now he's getting a second chance as the Guardian - the living masthead of a new kind of newspaper. Jake is now the in-house superhero of The Manhattan Guardian, a paper by the people, for the people, that doesn't just report crime, but fights crime as well."
Villains
Neh-Buh-Loh the Hunter (currently in Morrison's JLA: Classified arc)
The Sheeda
Others that he called the scariest villains he's ever made.
Space Pirates
Other heroes/characters appearing
The Spider
Mind-Grabber Kid
The Newsboy Army
Vigilante (Golden Age)
The Whip II (granddaughter of the original Golden Age Whip)
Vigilante's "Seven Soldiers"
And possibly 10 other "re-imaginings"
Morrison defines it as the first "Mega-series." It's 30 issues. Seven seperate 4 issue mini-series with two extra-sized bookends.
Morrison: "The idea for this kind of huge ensemble, Robert Altman approach came first, as a development of the kind of long-range connected narratives I'd been experimenting with on The Invisibles and New X-Men in particular. Once I had the seven minis worked out, it occurred to me that DC owned the name Seven Soldiers of Victory and that Seven Soldiers would make a perfect overall title for this project, so that's how it emerged."
Release Dates
Seven Soldiers #0 - Feb. 23
Shining Knight #1 - March 9
Guardian #1 - March 23
Zatanna #1 - April
Klarion #1 - April
Mr. Miracle #1 - Sept.
Frankenstein #1 - Nov.
Bulleteer #1 - Nov.
A little info on the premise:
A devastating global threat is on its way -- one never imagined nor prepared for. It consumes entire civilizations and leaves behind only ruins. It razed Camelot and bombed the Rama kingdoms back to dirt. It strip-mines and enslaves whole cultures. Its hunger is unstoppable; its origins, unspeakable. Now this devouring empire of cruelty-without-limits has set its sights on the treasures of the 21st century.
Like a plague of locusts, the terrifying Sheeda are returning to harvest the Earth. All that stands between our world and these destroyers are the mysterious "Seven Soldiers" of legend. Seven men and women with extraordinary abilities and big problems must lay their lives on the line for the future of humankind. Seven reluctant champions must arise and somehow work together to save the world...without ever meeting one another. How? Where? Who? There¹s only one way to find out.
In an ambitious new storytelling venture, writer Grant Morrison and a group of top artists combine their talents to redefine the super-hero concept for a new century. Entertainers, losers, victims, exiles, wannabes...the stars of Seven Soldiers are a long way from anyone's ideal of a traditional costumed hero. But they just may be our only chance of survival.
Who lives? Who dies? Who washes the dishes? Who betrays humankind to its once and future Enemy? Get the answers to these questions and many more in seven hard-hitting, fresh and wildly imaginative miniseries featuring Klarion, Mister Miracle, Frankenstein, Zatanna, The Guardian, Bulleteer and Shining Knight.
The Seven Soldiers saga comprises seven 4-issue miniseries and two bookend Specials -- all which may be read independently but combine to tell a colossal 30-part tale of death, betrayal, failure, joy, loss, romance, triumph and redemption. As a new generation of super-heroes grapples with a harsher, weirder world, Morrison combines dazzling super-hero action and serial fiction with horror, mystery, epic fantasy and gothic pulp to carve out a new corner in the DCU.
With a gigantic, interweaving cast of characters-many drawn from DC's incomparable history and reimagined by Morrison and his collaborators-Including vampire knights, crippled ex-super-heroes, subway pirates, puritan death machines, liquid nitrogen-blooded assassins, deathless Mafia dons, wounded gods, angry fiancées and talking winged horses, the universe of the Seven Soldiers is rich in wonder, drama and hardcore action.
This mega-series begins with a 38-page complete adventure, Seven Soldiers #0, that introduces readers to their twilight world and establishes plotlines that will reverberate throughout the entire megaseries.
Seven Soldiers: A mystery spanning generations and millennia. A story unlike any other. Welcome to a whole new world in the DC Universe.
Characters
Morrison: "In most cases my intention was to recreate the characters as more viable commercial properties, so I think dc is happy to let me overhaul these old trademarks if I can get make them run properly again and get some fresh mileage out of them. It was a lot easier to update the costumes, motivations, powers and settings of neglected characters than it would be to do the same kind of radical work in a Batman or Superman book, so I’m pleased with how it's worked out. These are very different kinds of superheroes and each book is a genre all its own. They’re all very strong and they all deal with super powers in a way that's never been explored previously.
"Having said that, where possible I’ve made sure I’ve been faithful to current DCU continuity; my version of the golden age Spider character, for instance, follows directly on from Geoff Johns’ recent reintroduction of the character. Otherwise, as in the case of Witch Boy, I’ve started from scratch and can only apologize to Peter David, who at least tried to keep this particular property in continuity. I’ve thrown all previous versions out to create the poster boy for the Puritan Goth weird horror genre. Klarion as Marilyn Manson."
Frankenstein
"Based loosely on DC's Spawn of Frankenstein series, this is a brutal revenge comic. It takes us all over the world and even to the gold mines of Mars in search of violent horror and ghastlyretribution. Maggot Men, flesh-eating Martian horses, toxic glass giants and more! Able to repair his body with pieces of other dead men, he has the right arm of a black slave and his left hand once belonged to the angel Michael."
Based on Morrison's desription and drawing (green head with protruding brow) many people assumed he's a martian. That's not true.
Shining Knight
"17-year-old Sir Justin is one of the last Knights of the Broken Table. Led by an aging Lancelot, the last remnants of the Round Table fight a race of unstopable monsters. These creatures, the Sheeda, are the main villains of Seven Soldiers. J.H. Williams-who draws the Seven Soldiers #0 bookend-came up withthis drawing of Justin, which crosses ancient armor with modern street wear to great effect."
Klarion the Witch Boy
From Wizard - "I wanted to get away from the 'Eddie Munster' look, so I went back to [Jack] Kirby's original Puritan look with some new influences - the leather armor is inspired by paintings of Oliver Promwell, the 17th century Puritan reformer and the Marilyn Manson's stage wear - and tried to create the poster boy for Nu-Puritan Goth!"
Mister Miracle
"Shiloh Norman can't remember much of his past in the company of a religious nut named Scott Free and a circus freak called Oberon, but now he's inherited the mantle of the World's Greatest Escape Artist - a cross between David Blaine and P.Diddy. Super rich, beloved and burned out at 28, Mister Miracle is looking for some meaning in his life."
Bulleteer
"Obsessed with becoming a superhero and preserving his beautiful wife's youth, Prof. Lance Harrower invents Smartskin - a steal-hard living fiber which boncs with skin collagen. When his experiments go awry, Harrower is suffocated under a coating of steel skin. His wife Alix survives the horrific accident only to find herself an outcast and a freak. Now, encased in super-hard, living metal, she is a truly reluctant superhero."
Zatanna
"I updated Zatanna's look to include a goth fetish influence, with high boots and PVC tunic. Off duty, she wears tight leather pants and high-heeled boots. In Seven Soldiers, Zatanna takes on an apprentice and sets out on a road trip across America in search of her father's four books and her own lost confidence."
Guardian
"The new Guardian is Jake Jordan, a disillusioned ex-cop. After accidentally killing an innocent child during a raid, Jakes world fall apart. Now he's getting a second chance as the Guardian - the living masthead of a new kind of newspaper. Jake is now the in-house superhero of The Manhattan Guardian, a paper by the people, for the people, that doesn't just report crime, but fights crime as well."
Villains
Neh-Buh-Loh the Hunter (currently in Morrison's JLA: Classified arc)
The Sheeda
Others that he called the scariest villains he's ever made.
Space Pirates
Other heroes/characters appearing
The Spider
Mind-Grabber Kid
The Newsboy Army
Vigilante (Golden Age)
The Whip II (granddaughter of the original Golden Age Whip)
Vigilante's "Seven Soldiers"
And possibly 10 other "re-imaginings"
